ministry, I guess because I was anxious about that involvement. I must have told my rector, because I recall his quoting Psalm 127 to me: “He gives sleep to his beloved.” I guess he meant it as a promise for me to lay hold of, but it came across as a reminder that made me feel more guilty. Not only was I unable to sleep; I was at fault for not claiming God’s promises. The psalm’s own point about sleep is slightly different, though in the end it does carry the implication my rector saw in it. Its